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ISRO to map landslides in J&K using satellite to generate alerts
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Tuesday, February 13th, 2018

Cyient & DJI Announce Winners of Hackadrone 2018, India’s First UAV Hackathon

HYDERABAD, India - Cyient, a global provider of engineering, manufacturing, geospatial, networks, and operations management services to global industry leaders, along with DJI, the world's leading manufacturer of civilian drones and aerial imaging technology, today announced the...

Tuesday, February 13th, 2018

French Space Agency Claims 100 Million Users for Galileo Navigation System

France: The Galileo satellite navigation system has about 100 million users after its first year of operation, as per the French Space Agency CNES. Read More at Geospatial World

Tuesday, February 13th, 2018

National Gendarmerie Conducts Post-Hurricane Missions with SimActive

Montreal, Canada, February 13th, 2018 – SimActive Inc., a world-leading developer of photogrammetry software, is proud to announce that the National Gendarmerie of France has been using Correlator3D™ to support Saint Martin following Hurricane Irma. The software...

Tuesday, February 13th, 2018

UK Satellites to Help Monitor ASEAN Forest Fires

The UK Space Agency will use satellite imagery and earth observation data to help countries in Asia tackle forest fires, dengue and illegal fishing, it was announced. Read More at Gov Insider Asia

Tuesday, February 13th, 2018

Singapore’s First Drone Estate to See Tests for Aerial Drone Parcel Delivery

SINGAPORE — Designated as Singapore’s first “drone estate”, the one-north area near Buona Vista is set to host trials involving the use of aerial drones to deliver parcels, as well as other tests involving the experimental use...

Tuesday, February 13th, 2018

UAE’s KhalifaSat Earth Observation Satellite Nears Completion, Receives Royal Seal of Approval

The first satellite to be indigenously built by Emirati engineers is nearing completion, and will be launched by Japan later this year. KhalifaSat, an Earth observation satellite that is being built by the Dubai-based Mohammed Bin Rashid...

Tuesday, February 13th, 2018

Odisha Wins Geospatial World Excellence Award

Bhubaneswar, Jan 31 (PTI) Odisha has bagged Geospatial World Excellence Award-2018 for successful IT application on tracking of mineral production, dispatch and value accrued on real time basis through its i3MS website based software. Read More at...

Tuesday, February 13th, 2018

India Establishing Satellite Tracking Station in Vietnam

Following a visit to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi by his Vietnamese counterpart Nguyen Xuan Phuc on January 24, 2018, India and Vietnam have agreed to go ahead with the establishment of an Indian Space Research Organisation...

Tuesday, February 13th, 2018

India’s Total Forest Cover Increases by 1%: State of Forest Report 2017

India’s total forest cover increased by 0.94 per cent in the last two years, shows the State of Forest Report 2017, released today by the Union Environment Minister Harsh Vardhan and Mahesh Sharma, Minister of State, Ministry...

Tuesday, February 13th, 2018

China Adds Two More Satellites to Home-Grown Navigation Network

Two more Chinese Beidou navigation satellites successfully lifted off aboard a Long March 3B rocket Monday on China’s seventh space launch in five weeks. Read More at Space Flight Now